Bodies of 2 Backcountry Skiers Buried by Utah Avalanche Recovered From Mountain, Names Released

Published on May 13, 2024

SANDY, Utah—Search crews on Friday recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City a day earlier, officials said. The men—23-year-old Andrew Cameron of Utah and 32-year-old Austin Mallet of Montana—were killed in the snowslide Thursday morning in the area of Lone Peak in the Wasatch Range southeast of the city. Officials declined to release their hometowns. Search teams uncovered the men’s bodies Friday morning, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said. The bodies were brought off the mountain via helicopter and taken to the medical examiner’s office, Sgt. Aymee Race with the Unified Police Salt Lake City said....

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